Turbine helicopter

N911SL

Bell OH-58A

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record
Built
—
Serial
72-21369
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
1
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
St Lucie County Sheriffs Dept (Government)
Based
Fort Pierce, FL
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Registration record

N911SL on the FAA register

Type
Bell OH-58A
Serial
72-21369
Engines
1
Registered owner
St Lucie County Sheriffs Dept
Fort Pierce, FL
Certificate issued
2011-08-15
Airworthiness date
—
Registration expires
2027-08-31
Airworthiness class
—
Mode S (hex)
AC9BFD
Mode S (octal)
53115775
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2011-09-12
    N911SL previously assigned to a Bell OH-58A (s/n 71-20390); cancelled.
  • 2011-08-15
    Certificate of registration issued as N911SL to the current registrant.
  • 2011-05-29
    Accident at Ft. Pierce, FL; damage: substantial.
Overview

About N911SL

N911SL is a Bell OH-58A, serial number 72-21369. The FAA register lists St Lucie County Sheriffs Dept as the registrant in Fort Pierce, Florida. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 15, 2011 and expires on August 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter and 4 seats.

N911SL has 1 accident/incident record on file (most serious damage: substantial); details are below. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2011-05-29 Accident · Ft. Pierce, FL Damage: Substantial Minor injury NTSB · ERA11TA318
Reported aircraft: Bell OH-58A
Probable cause: The pilot's failure to recognize and avoid a loss of tail rotor effectiveness, which resulted in a loss of control and hard landing.
2002-06-12 Accident · Okeechobee, FL Damage: Substantial NTSB · MIA02TA109
Reported aircraft: Agusta A119 — a different aircraft that carried the N911SL registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: the fracture of one of the tail rotor blades as a result of fatigue cracking in the blade spar, and subsquent impact of the main rotor with the tailboom.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.